TeacherOK everyone! I want everybody to fold their computers, put down cell phones, and full attention on Martin here.TeacherOK, shhhhhh[The teacher explains the change to the schedule, we are going to have a talk today.]

TeacherSo, you will not have your regular class today... This is because we have Martin Richards here today and he is going to talk to you about... different things, mostly culture I believe... and I thought this would be something that could inspire you in your work that you will do in the upcoming week. So, be attentive! OK!

MartinThey are. They are very attentive. Wow!Good morningStudentsGood morning.Thank you for the introduction, especially "the subject, Martin is going to talk about culture". We didn't have a very powerful title for it today. But there you go, that was because of our planning. [Shows Intro page]

MartinA little bit about me. This saves me having to talk so much about who I am because I know I am, and now you know. I've been around a long time I realise. How old am I?Student28MartinOn the outside, if you add up those numbers. On the outside about 50...Student62Martin62, about that. How is your maths? I was born in 56, how old am I?StudentOld enoughMartinOld enough thank you. I'm old enough to know better. I've be around long time. Half of my life I've lived in the UK which where this horrible accent comes from. Half my life I spent in Sweden and I think I may have to say a few words in Swedish.[Says something in Swedish]MartinOnce it happened that I was gonna write my name on the board - this was a long time before these wonderful devices that we have these days - I was going to write my name on the board (sings) "Martin" and behind me couple of people said "MMmm, snygg häck". [Snygg häck = nice bum]Students[laugh]MartinAnd then I turned round and said "Eeeh, I speak Swedish". So I do it nowadays it in advance to let you know that if you say "Snygg häck" I'll be very delighted because that was a long time ago.Students[laugh]

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